Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-02
Ala, Qas'E.'nsii.;
A BROWNING CITY.
By Fl. Rider Haggsrd, AutliCr o.
sK,ug soiomon's Mines, Sac, 'D1ws.

old stone kraal down by the little stream.
My father, make strong thy heart! In the
midst of them ] saw the white ass and on
it sat the Waterlily (Flossie) An Elmoran
young warrior led the ass, and by its side
walked the nurse, weeping. The men who
went with her in the morning saw not"
WAS the child aliye2" asked Mr.. Mac
kenzie, hoarsely.
"She was white as the dead but WELL my
father. They passed quite close to me, and
looking up from where lay hid, saw her
face against the sky"
God help her and usrp groaned the cIer-
gyman.
How many are there of them?" asked.
More than two hundred-two hundred
and half hundred"
Once more we looked one on the other.
What was to be done2 Just then there
rose a loud, insistent cry outside the wall.
"Open the door, white man; open the
door A hcrald-a herald to speak with
thee Thus cried the voice.
Umslopogaas ran TO the wall, and, reach
ing with his long arms to the coping,
lifted his head above it and gazed over.
Il see but one man." he said. He is
armed and carries basket in his hand"
"Open the door, said. "Umslopogaas,
take thine AK and stand thereby Let one
man pass. If another follow, slay."
The door was unbarred. In the shadow
OF the wall STOOD oihsloiogahS, ms TX
raised above ms hedl 10 Stfihe. JUS, IheI
the moon came out mere vas mo
ment's pause, ana then IN staiKed Hasal
Elmoran, CLAD III fllll war paH"ply thaJ
have already described, but bearing a large
basket IN his hand. The moonlight shohe
brightly upon his great spear n Lc walked.
TIE u,as ,bvsicolIv snIondid mon anpar.
entity about tbirfv-fve vears Of a.,e In
deed none Of the uosai that saw were
rrdar ei,, foot bi,,b tbo,,,,b ,,ostIv ,nife
Young. when he rot onposito To MS lie
halted. mt down the basket and struck
the snil[e az Lis enc,r INTO tIo Ground 80
that it stood nprirbt
Lot us taxi ,, he cried ..rha first mes
senger we sent TO Won could not talk" and
he pointed to the head that lay upon the
paving Of tho stoop- CHASTITY sight in the
moonlight; "but have words 10 speak if
we have ears to hear Also | bring pres
cnts;n and he pointed 10 the basket and
laughed with an mir of staggering insol-
enCe that il perfectly indrsrribahlc and
yetwhch one could not but admire. seeing
that he was surrounded 10y enemies.
Say on, said Mr.. Mackenzie.
II am the LygOnanP (War Captain) of n
part of tho Nasal of the Guasa hmboni.
md my men followed those three white
men" and he pointed To Sir Henry. Good
and myself; "but they were too clever for
us, and escaped hithcr. We have quarrel
with them, and are going to kill them
"Are you, my friend? said to myself
'In following these men we this morn
ing caught two black men, ono black WON
an, n white donkey, and n white girl one
head upon the pavement. the other ran
away The black woman. the little girl.
and the white ass we took and brought
with us. In proof thereof have brought
this basket that she carried rs il not thy
daughters basket
Mr. Mackenzie nodded and the warrior
went on
Good With thee and thy daughter we
have no quarrel. nor do we wish to harm
thee. save MS To thy cattle which we have
already gathered, two hundred and forty
head-a beast forcyerv man 5 father" CThc
Nasal ElmOrau, or YOUNG warrior can own
no property, SO all tho booty they NAV win
I'm battle belongs to their fathcrs nIoneD
Here Mr. MnckrnzIc rovc - ,,,onn "a
he greatly valued this herd of cattle. which
he bred with much caro- and tro,bIc
$50, save for the cattle. thou mayst 90
free. more cspccially.u he addcd frankly.
CHANGING mt the wall ''as this plnce wouId
be difficult ono To take. But os to these
men ii is otherwise; we have followed
Thorn for eight days, and must kill them.
Were we to return To our kraal without
having done So all the girls would make n
mock of us. So, however troublcsonc H.
may he, they must die.
Now have proposition for thine ear
H., =
too fair to harm, and has besides n bravo
spirit Give us one of these three men-a
life for 4fc-and we will let her go. and
throw in the black woman with bcr also
This Is a fair offer white man We asl,
but for one. not for tho three. we must
take another opportunity to kill the other
two do not even pick my man. though
! should prefer the big one" pointing TO
Sir Henry; che looks strong, and would
take long to die"
And if say ! will not Yield the many"
said Mr. Mackenzie
NAY, say not So. white man, " answered
the Nasal, for then your daughter dies at
dawn and the woman with her says YOU
have no other child Were she older [
would take her for a servant; hut as she
n SO young Will stay her with my own
h'hu ay' win nus very spear. Ihou
C'uS' como ana see an thou wit. give
tn'o q sue '1nuuc.' an" the mend laughed
hluud At ms brutal Jest.
MeahWhilr had been thinking rapidly,
rs one does III emergencies, ana had come
TO the conclusion that would exchange
mSS4t against tl"sSte scarcely like to
mention the matter for fear il should be
misunderstood. fray do not let any one
be misled INTO thinking that there was
anything heroic about this, or any such
nonsense. 1t was merely matter - com
mon sense ana common justice. My life
was an OLD ana worthless one, hers was
young anu valuable. Her death would
pretty iearly XII her father, and mother
also, whilst nobody would be much the
worse Tor mine; indeed, several charitable
institutions would have cause To rejoice
thereat 1t was indirectly through me
that the dear little girl was in her present
position. Lastly, man was better fitted
TO meet death in such peculiarly awful
form than sweet young girl Not, how
ever, that meant to let these gentry tor
ture me TO DEATH am far too much Of
coward to allow of that, being naturally
umid man; my plan was to see the girl
safely exchanged and then to shoot myself,
trusting that tho ALMIGHTY would t,,, tb.
peculiar circumstances Of the case into
consideration and pardon tbcoct Altbis